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The School Newspaper of Winston Churchill High School.

The Observer

The School Newspaper of Winston Churchill High School.

The Observer

The School Newspaper of Winston Churchill High School.

The Observer

In the field between WCHS and HHMS, neatly mown grass contrasts with the flowery patches by the road.

The grass is not always greener: The hidden cost of a perfect lawn

By Ray Guan, Staff Writer May 20, 2025

Grass is ubiquitous enough to symbolize nature itself: “go outside and touch grass.” It may come as a surprise that verdant grassy lawns in which the suburbs around WCHS are nested are anything but...

WCHS teaches a plethora of AP courses. Students can often be seen supplementing their classes with unwieldy textbooks.

AP classes: Flop or Not

By Ray Guan, Staff Writer May 16, 2025

These days, excitement is as thick as clotted cream at WCHS. There is a lot here that can inspire it. The seniors are leaving, someone reenacted Elon Musk’s sieg heil at a pep rally and AP testing has...

Paul Johnson's short biography on WCHS's namesake is a definite must read.

Getting to know Winston Churchill, the influential figure our school was named after

By Ray Guan, Subscriptions, Promotions, and Communications Manager February 7, 2025

WCHS has quite the namesake. Every facet of the larger-than-life statesman was fascinating. Winston Churchill’s extensive list of biographers includes the recently deceased popular historian Paul Johnson,...

WCHS's annual themed concert Blast has run for a third of a century. Programs from across that period are on display outside the auditorium.

Musical memories: tracking the roots of BLAST

By Ray Guan, Subscriptions, Promotions, and Communications Manager December 13, 2024

As the spring of 2025 creeps closer, it brings Blast 35: Coloration. Over its three and a half decades, students have performed and largely led the performance. Blast budded from the choir’s spring concert....

WCHS English classes have long incorporated both in-paper and online assignments. The return to entire handwritten essays adds a sizable chunk to that.

The pen is mightier: a shift from keyboards to notebooks in education

By Ray Guan, Subscriptions, Promotions, and Communications Manager November 20, 2024

The clicking of keystrokes fades into scratching pencils and gliding pens as WCHS English classes respond to artificial intelligence. In sophomore English classes especially, assignments that would have...

A myriad exciting new titles are coming out this November. Here is a selection of five interesting ones. Take a peek!

Fall into reading: Discover this season’s most anticipated new books

By Ray Guan, Subscriptions, Promotions, and Communications Manager October 28, 2024

The days are growing shorter as the cold wind blows. As fall settles in, it is time to cozy up with a good book and an autumnal dessert. Here are five new books WCHS students can check out this November. “Lost...

Various documents from the MCEA's website lie scattered. With hundreds of pages, it is a bit overwhelming. The union's goals are still simple.

Teacher’s union gives teachers a voice in MCPS

By Ray Guan, Staff Writer February 26, 2024

There is very little that is more important than education. Teachers are powerful; they build future generations. However, they do not receive enough respect and recognition from society. What force on...

Students place in Bio Olympiad

By Jenna Cantor Observations Editor, Jenna Cantor Observations Editor, and Jenna Cantor Observations Editor March 22, 2011

Congratulations to juniors NancyGuan, Eugene Lin and Maliza Namude for being named semifinalists in the USA Biology Olympiad. The USA Biology Olympiad is a competitive national exam designed to challenge...

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